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I have a Swedish cavalry rifle, short barrel and turned down bolt. When I got it it was too pretty to cut. I got a spare stock and cut it at the rear band, thinned the whole thing down and finished it. I put a B-Square mount foreword of the bolt where the rear sight was with a 2x pistol scope. I didn't start out to build a "scout" but that is how it worked out since I didn't want to alter the rifle permanently.

It is a fine shooter. I can restore it, complete with the correct bayonet, in a half hour. And I have $200 bucks in it including scope.

That's basically what I have in mind for my Frankensteined '03 Mk-1. Although it has a WW-II air-guaged "flaming bomb" barrel, it has the wrong stock...so I'd like to get the right one...and buy a sporter stock too. A schnable-forend type would be great...with a low cheekpiece, like the European "swine back" type has...which I find incredibly fast for snap-shooting, although it's ugly.

I just looked into 8mm, cannelured hunting bullet availability...not productive yet...and hope to "scout" mount a red-dot sight (as Redfield STILL doesn't make an illuminated, long eye-relief widefield 3x!), since I am seriously enamoured with Stripper Clips, and want to try the 98Ks on wild boar. I suppose a bayonet-mounted one would make a dandy boar-spear too ! Can't argue much with the original, "usin'" configuration of hardship-proven military equipment, to my way of thinking. I try to only/mostly use battle-proven weapons, actions, anyway, and iron sights whenever possible (my Luopold-scoped M70, and planned magnums obvious exceptions, except for controlled-round-feed requirements, etc.). All my handguns have fixed sights, too !

But now that you point it out...I should really get an '03-A3, for the peep sight...and keep my beloved '03 stock. I wonder if Ashley or someone makes a semi-buckhorn or folding-leaf conversion for the '03 sight. Really, thinking out loud...I only desire a deeper notch in the issue sight. Hmmmmmmmm. I think that's what I'll do, and give it a good try.